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Artillery & Trench Mortar Memories, 32nd Division.
1st Ed., 687pp. Printed by Unwin Bros.
1932
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Very substantial compilation by Old Comrades, containing diaries of Lt. A.B. Scott, MC, of "X" & "W" TM Batteries & Reconnaissance Officer, 32nd Div. Artillery HQ; Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson, MC, Chaplain, 32nd Div. Artillery; late Major L. Heathcote-Amory, Staff Capt., 32nd Div. Artillery (DoW Aug. 1918) & brief recollections by seven others. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£145
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King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1918.
1st Ed., xv+339pp., 7 illus., 8 fldg. maps. Winchester: Warren & Sons.
1919
#64659
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Detailed war records of all bns. on service inc. March Retreat, Final Advance &c., excellent maps inc. coloured trench maps. Rolls of officers killed & wounded, obituaries, roll of awards. Orig. green cloth, silver gilt, sp. chipped & somewhat worn, generally sound & VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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Extracts from the Standing Orders of The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry).
[v]+55pp. Devonport: Swiss & Co. nd (c.1908).
#63706
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Customary regimental routines, regulations &c. Orig. green cloth, gilt, VG. See illustration on our website.
£20
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The 32nd Division in The World War 1917-1919.
1st Ed., 318pp., 4to, portrait frontis., num. photos. (inc. portraits of many fallen officers &c.), excellent coloured maps. Issued by the Joint War History Commissions of Michigan & Wisconsin.
1920
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Excellent history inc. operations on the Aisne, Argonne & Meuse. Detailed roll of service. Orig. dec. khaki cloth covd. boards, blue cloth backstrip, titled in black. Very nice copy. See illustations on our website.
£50
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1st Bn. The Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry. The Sergeants' Mess Rules. Rawal Pindi January 1900.
Orig. printed cloth covd. wraps., 25pp. (& blank interleaves). Eureka Printing Press, Rawal Pindi. Contemp.
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Details of messing arrangements, accounts, &c. Small pocketbook, orig. green printed cloth covd. wraps., gilt, VG & doubtless scarce survival. See illustration on our website.
£25
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Water Supply - Egypt & Palestine.
1st Ed., vii+64pp., 6 photos., 10 sketches &c. (some fldg.), further sketches in text, 7 fldg. maps. Chatham: RE Institution.
1921
#63621
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Typically detailed & well-illustrated survey of a crucial aspect of the advance. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG & rare but sp. chipped & worn with loss. See illustration on our website.
£120
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Scrap Book of the 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (13th Foot) being a chronicle of their experiences in the Great War, 1914-1918, contributed by officers & other ranks... [And:] Cambrai... A Supplement to the Scrap Book of the 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
With a Foreword by Col. C.J. Troyte-Bullock, DSO. 1st Ed., 156pp., plate, 2 maps. Aylesbury: Fredk. Samuels Ltd., The Kingsbury Press.
1932
#68017
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61st Bde., 20th (Light) Div., Western Front 1915-18: Somme (notably capture of Guillemont), 3rd Ypres (inc. capture of Langemarck, Eagle Trench), Cambrai &c. A fine collaborative effort organised by Capt. H.A. Foley, MC, who served with the bn. 1915-18 (PoW, March 1918) & whose brother was killed with it in May 1917. Orig. blue cloth gilt, complete with the Cambrai supplement, VG & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£220
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Miscellaneous.
1st Ed., [v]+372pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution.
1927
#63620
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Superb volume contains The Organisation & Expansion of the Corps, 1914-18; Engineer Intelligence & Information; Camouflage Service; Concrete Defence Works & Factories; Forward Communications; AA Searchlights &c. Typically detailed & well-illustrated with many interesting subjects inc. photos. & sectional drawings of observation post trees & other forms of OP, pillbox designs (the Moir & others). Just 600 copies printed of this valuable volume. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG. See illustrations on our website.
£225
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The 11th Battalion Gordon Highlanders 1914-1916.
1st Ed., orig. printed card wraps., 115pp., 31 photos. Published for the Battalion by Maclure, Macdonald & Co., Glasgow.
1916
#68054
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Story of this training bn. in the UK with valuable rolls of the services of around 240 Gordons officers & many more NCOs who passed through it; also various named group photos. of officers, NCOs &c., also a nominal roll with group photo. of every draft provided for the front, recording many hundreds of names & faces. VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£125
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Work of the Royal Engineers in the European War 1914-19. Geological Work on the Western Front.
1st Ed., 71pp., num. photos., fldg. drawings, diagrams, sketches & maps. Chatham: RE Institution.
1922
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Another typically detailed & well-illustrated volume in this series with much on tunnelling & mining in Flanders & other geological work in relation to operations &c., with an impressive range of photos. & sectional drawings, coloured maps & diagrams. Orig. blue cloth, VG & rare. See illustration on our website.
£225
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